Preparing Our Students Preparing Our Students For LifeFor Life

Presented by:Cheryl Capozzoli

CAIU - Ed. Consultant /ITS

Today’s Skills ForNew Age Success

Create

• Access, evaluate and use information

• Exercise critical thinking

• Technology fluency

• Display Originality

• Use various forms of media to present ideas

Learn

• Access and evaluate information

• Critical thinking

• Fluent with technology

Collaborate

• Demonstrate cross cultural awareness

• Work successfully as a team

• Communicate complex ideas effectively

American Workforce

Skills For A New Economy

Bloom’s Revised TaxonomyCreate: Students create new products or points of view?assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.Evaluate: Students justify a stand or decision?appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluateAnalyze: Students distinguish between the different parts?appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.Apply: Student use the information in a new way?choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.Understand: Students explain ideas or concepts?classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphraseRemember: Students recall or remember the information?define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state

Create

Evaluate

Analyze

Apply

Understand

Remember

USA Problem Solving Skills

PISA 2003, Test Results

15-Year Olds, Problem Solving

21st Century Skills Framework

• What are 21st Century Skills

• What are the NETS– Student Profiles– Essential Conditions for leveraging

technology in education– ISTE NETS Wiki collaborative effort

• US Dept. of Ed. Report - Harnessing Innovation to Support Student Success Using Technology to Personalize Education

Student Technology Proficiency

• How is technology integrated across curriculum?• Does your current K-12 technology infrastructure

support 21st Century learning and teaching?• How do Professional Development opportunities

support effective technology integration practices?

• Do you assess student technology skill proficiencies? InfoSource Assessment Tool

What Do Our Students Want and Need to Learn?

• Videos of Students in the 21st Century

• How are we meeting needs of the digital learners?

• What types of technology and strategies can we use to better engage our learners?

Suggestions For Next Steps?

• Assess and evaluate current instructional technology resources, build consistent robust infrastructures to support teachers and students – CFF Schools – Coaches/Teachers

• Develop comprehensive K-12 Integrated Curriculum – Lesson Plan Examples

• Focus on 21st Century Skills and assessment of 21st Century Student Proficiencies

• Create Professional Development opportunities that support 21st Century Instruction and Learning

• Create Collaborative Learning Models and Networks – Collective intelligence – tap teacher and student SME’s

When, where, and how will you begin and/or continue to prepare our children for Life?

Resources

• ISTE• US Dept. of Ed.• Route 21• CFF Ed Hub• Web 2.0 Integrations• Digital Directions• Edutopia• eSchoolNews• Web20guru Wiki